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Easily Create WBS with UI-Apps

Hidden Gems

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Creating WBS in UI-Apps

See all workplan tasks with Gantt display

Choose the order in which you want to display tasks

Easily add new tasks, adjust durations, dates

Schedule – identify predecessors, set constraint flag

View other task information

Manage Project Structures Easily For projects with partially shared structures, see both financial and

workplan tasks in one display For projects with separate, mapped structures, select a financial task to

map directly against a workplan task

UI-Apps offers easier approach in one MS-Excel Worksheet

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Eight Easy Steps – with UI-Apps

Step 1: See all WBS tasks

Step 2: Choose order of display

Step 3: Add tasks as needed

Step 4: Change task dates, durations

Step 5: Schedule tasks

Step 6: See other project/task information

Step 7: See workplan and financial plan relationship

Step 8: Map financial tasks to workplan tasks

UI-Apps offers easier approach in one MS-Excel Worksheet

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Step 1: See All Project TasksOne worksheet display all tasks

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Step 2: Display Tasks in Custom OrderChoose your own WBS sort order

Choose to display task #3 before #2.

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Steps 3 & 4: Add Tasks as Needed

Task Maintenance: Add new, indent, outdent, manage dates a. Click Add Task to add new tasks b. Click indent or outdent c. Change dates

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Step 5: Schedule Tasks

a. Choose a predecessor task b. See task dates change

Perform simple forward-based scheduling c. See scheduling constraints

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Step 6: See Other InformationAdditional project and task information is conveniently available a. Project Information b. Task Information

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Step 7: See WBS and financial plan relationshipTasks are identified as either financial tasks or workplan tasks

a. Financial Task b. Workplan Tasks

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Step 8: Map financial tasks to workplan tasksFor separate, mapped structures, choose a financial task to map to workplan tasks

a. Workplan task 3W b. This maps financial task 2.1 to 3W

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Easy WBS Creation with UI-Apps

Use the flexibility of workplan and financial plans in Oracle Projects to effectively plan your project

Quickly and Easily create and schedule workplan tasks and update your WBS in one MS-Excel worksheet using UI-Apps

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